Surname(s) | Kershaw |
First name(s) | Lewis Kenneth |
Date of birth | 05 December 1919 |
Family details | Son of Lewis Kershaw and of Mary Dowsley Kershaw (nee McKay) of Shenfield, Essex. |
Previous education | Guildford Grammar School |
College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
Dates at college | 1937-1939 |
Dept / course | Faculty of Laws |
Military unit | Royal Air Force. Formerly 2/Lt. the Devonshire Regt. |
Service number | 47459 |
War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
Date of death | 27/11/1942 |
Age at death | 22 |
Cause of death | Killed in action. |
Burial place | Auxi-Le-Chateau New Communal Cemetery |
Commemoration(s) | King s College Chapel; Kelvedon Hatch, Essex War Memorial; Roll of the Fallen, University of London O.T.C. & S.T.C. |
Notes | His brother Eric Stanley also died on service |
Sources | King’ s College London Archives, Commonwealth War Graves Commission |